St. Charles Fact Sheet

ACADEMICS & SPECIALS
St. Charles School was founded in 1884 by the Sisters of Notre Dame. St. Charles School offers students an exciting, faith-based core curriculum from Pre-K to Grade 8, with rigorous course of study designed to further academic achievement. Using research-based best practices, teachers engage students in units of study that not only build a solid foundation of literacy and numeracy skills, but also encourages students to develop critical and creative thinking and sharpen their problem solving abilities.

AREAS OF STUDY

Religion

Science

Music

Language Arts

Mathematics

Art

Social Studies

Spanish

Study Skills

Computer

Physical Education

Latin & Greek Roots

Events

COMMUNITY SERVICE EVENTS

Math-a-Thon for St. Jude’s Research Hospital

Pennies for Patients – Cancer drive

March of Dimes Muscular Dystrophy Associates

Walk for Juvenile Diabetes Research

Wear Denim to School Day – Cancer Association

American Heart Association

ANNUAL EVENTS

School float entered in Woburn’s Annual Halloween Parade

Veteran’s Day Program

Christmas Concert

Catholic Schools Week

Scholastic Book Fair

Science and Academic Fair

Class Night for 8th grade students

Eighth grade retreat and graduation Mass and ceremony

BI-ANNUAL EVENTS

Grades 7 and 8 trip to Washington, DC

St. Charles Fact Sheet

FACILITIES
The school has two buildings. Our lower building houses grades Pre-K through grade 4, our administrative office, our school library and the art room for grades K-4. The upper building houses grades 5-8, the cafeteria, computer room, the art room for grades 5-8, special education room, auditorium, science lab, and grade K-8 music room. The students have access to the parish church for activities centered around the sacraments.

Full-time Special Education Teacher
Before and After School Program
Full-Day Kindergarten
First Communion and First Reconciliation for Second Graders
Monthly School Masses
Hot Lunch Program
Parent Service Program
Food drives for St. Vincent de Paul & Woburn Council of Social Concern

TESTING
Students at St. Charles School take the MAP Assessment (Measures of Academic Progress) three times per year. This is a growth assessment, not a standardized test. For more information about the MAP Test, visit www.nwea.org.

For Kindergarten admission, students must be five years old by September 1st of the year entering school. Students entering First Grade must be six years old by September 1st of the year entering school. Priority is given to current school families. Admission to all other grades is based on available space, the Brigance Inventory test, a review by the Principal of academic records, and a letter of recommendation from the student’s current teacher. St. Charles School does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, religion, national or ethnic origin.

BUS SERVICE
Students living in Woburn, living more than two miles from the school are provided transportation by
the public school system.